Hannah Rosen

I, by the way, saw it in Northern Virginia.

And many of the 25 or so people in the theater with me seemed into it, just for the record.

I'm Hannah Rosen.

This is Radio Atlantic.

In her review of the movie, Sophie wrote, the movie isn't a documentary, it's a protection racket.

Amazon paid $40 million to license the film and another $35 million on marketing.

Their rep said they invested so much because, quote, we think customers are going to love it.

Maybe.

But bidding well over double the next highest offer suggests that you might be paying for more than just the movie.

Sophie, welcome to the show.

Hi, thank you so much for having me.

So we don't know when this movie will come to streaming.

So I think we need to describe it for our audience.

What happens in this movie?

Like, what's its narrative structure?

So what were some of the big scenes that stuck with you?

Because I feel like anyone listening is going to have an odd disjointed view, like they're literally not going to understand what is happening.

Like, is she just walking from place to place during this movie?

Having not read her biography, I have to say I did learn some things.

I'm not sure I learned directly some things in the way that you would if somebody sat down and interviewed someone.